Trade Associations - Gov Kefalogianni To Attend Berlin’s International Tourism Exhibition ITB by GTP editing team 28 February 2014 by GTP editing team 28 February 2014 Greek Tourism Minister Olga Kefalogianni will depart for Berlin, Germany, on Monday 3 March, on the occasion of Greece’s participation in the leading international tourism exhibition ITB. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Trade Associations - Gov Greek Tourism Industry Body Hopes For Reduction In Insurance Contributions by GTP editing team 26 February 2014 by GTP editing team 26 February 2014 A reduction in insurance contributions could be the next best thing for Greek tourism following the lessened value-added tax rate on food services, according to the Association of Greek Tourism … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Trade Associations - Gov Greek Tourism Minister Meets With Ambassadors From Arab Countries by GTP editing team 25 February 2014 by GTP editing team 25 February 2014 The possibility of Athens hosting a summit of tourism ministers from European Union countries and Arab states, under the Greek Presidency of the EU, was discussed in a meeting between … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Hospitality Greek Hotel Chamber Calls For Tourism Development Interventions by GTP editing team 25 February 2014 by GTP editing team 25 February 2014 The president of the Hellenic Chamber of Hotels, Yiorgos Tsakiris, recently placed emphasis on a series of interventions that – if implemented – could give Greek tourism and Greek hoteliers … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Trade Associations - Gov Tourism: A Main Priority For Greece by GTP editing team 24 February 2014 by GTP editing team 24 February 2014 Greece’s record-breaking tourism season in 2013 has the Government and tourism professionals seeing eye to eye on the importance of tourism for the country’s economy. This article contains recent statements … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Sea Tourism Greek Travel Agents & Professional Yacht Owners Join Hands To Grow Yachting Business by GTP editing team 20 February 2014 by GTP editing team 20 February 2014 A series of important initiatives have been announced to develop the Greek yachting industry in the domestic and international markets. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Trade Associations - Gov Greek-Chinese Tourism Task Force Announced by GTP editing team 18 February 2014 by GTP editing team 18 February 2014 Greece and China will launch a task force to strengthen the tourism ties between the two countries, it was decided during a meeting between Greek Tourism Minister Olga Kefalogianni and … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Event News Greece Expects Growth In Tourist Arrivals From Scandinavian Market This Year by GTP editing team 17 February 2014 by GTP editing team 17 February 2014 Arrivals to Greece from all Scandinavian countries are expected to grow this year by an average 10-11 percent, the Greek Tourism Ministry concluded after the first dedicated travel and taste … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Destinations news Peloponnese Hoteliers Want United Promotion Of Destination by GTP editing team 17 February 2014 by GTP editing team 17 February 2014 The strong unitary character of the recently launched Peloponnese Tourism Organization was presented to a room full of Greek hoteliers during the 3rd General Assembly of the Hellenic Chamber of … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Trade Associations - Gov Saudi Prince Alwaleed’s “Kingdom Holding” Interested In Investing In Greece by GTP editing team 12 February 2014 by GTP editing team 12 February 2014 Saudi Arabia-based private investment firm Kingdom Holding Company intends to invest in Greece it was announced on 12 February. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Hospitality GNTO Launches Second Phase of Social Tourism Program For Greeks by GTP editing team 12 February 2014 by GTP editing team 12 February 2014 The second phase of the state-subsidized vacation program “Tourism For All” will run from 12 March to 30 June 2014, according to the Greek National Tourism Organization (GNTO). 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Company updates Discover Greece: An Interactive Greek Tourism Website Launches by GTP editing team 12 February 2014 by GTP editing team 12 February 2014 Through creative story telling and images of the unexplored side of Greece, the new tourism website Discover Greece intends to “spread the word” on the country’s tourism product to markets … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Trade Associations - Gov Athens To Host Greek-Arab Investment Forum by GTP editing team 11 February 2014 by GTP editing team 11 February 2014 A Greek-Arab Investment Forum will take place in Athens, Greek Tourism Minister Olga Kefalogianni and the Saudi Arabia Chamber of Commerce agreed during a meeting held in Riyad. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Destinations news Attica Region May Expand Cooperation With Travel Channel by GTP editing team 11 February 2014 by GTP editing team 11 February 2014 Top executives from American TV station Travel Channel recently visited the regional governor of Attica, Yiannis Sgouros, and discussed expanding their existing cooperation with the region. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Investments Greece, Saudi Arabia Sign Major Tourism Development Agreement by GTP editing team 10 February 2014 by GTP editing team 10 February 2014 A memorandum of understanding for cooperation in the field of tourism was signed between Greece and Saudi Arabia on 10 February in Riyadh. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Destinations news It’s Business As Usual For Earthquake-Stricken Kefalonia, Greece by GTP editing team 10 February 2014 by GTP editing team 10 February 2014 It’s “business as usual” for Kefalonia, the Greek island that was rocked recently by two strong earthquakes, according to the president of the island’s hotel association, Spyros Galiatsatos. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Trade Associations - Gov Greece To Sign Tourism Pact With Saudi Arabia by GTP editing team 10 February 2014 by GTP editing team 10 February 2014 Greece and Saudi Arabia will sign a major agreement to boost cooperation in the tourism sector, generate growth in tourist traffic and offer opportunities to the southern European nation to … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Trade Associations - Gov Greek Tourism Minister Leaves For Saudi Arabia On Official Visit by GTP editing team 9 February 2014 by GTP editing team 9 February 2014 Tourism Minister Olga Kefalogianni departed for Saudi Arabia on Sunday, 9 February, under the country’s development plan for tourism that includes opening up Greece to new markets. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Event News Optimism Prevails At Greek Hotel Chamber’s 3rd General Assembly by GTP editing team 7 February 2014 by GTP editing team 7 February 2014 “Last year proved that tourism is Greece’s main economic activity and main employment provider,” the president of the Hellenic Chamber of Hotels, Yiorgos Tsakiris, said during the chamber’s third general … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Hospitality PM Samaras Applauds Greek Tourism by GTP editing team 7 February 2014 by GTP editing team 7 February 2014 Greece’s Prime Minister Antonis Samaras referred to Greek tourism as the first “steam engine” that was “put into gear” and began to pull the whole economy out of a painful … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
